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Broadway’s Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, director Arin Arbus revival of the Terrence McNally play starring Audra McDonald and Michael Shannon, will close a month earlier than expected. With box office on a downward slope in recent weeks, the production will play its final performance on Sunday, July 28 at…

When Terrence McNally’s Frankie and Johnny In The Clair de Lune premiered Off Broadway in 1987, critics saw a sidelong glance at the AIDS crisis and the toll it took on intimacy. Nothing in the text has been changed for the affecting new production opening tonight on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre starring a…

Broadway settled into its pre-Tony wait-and-see groove last week, with box office for most shows hovering just above, below or on par with the previous week. In all, the 37 productions took in $35.1 million for the 2018-19 season’s Week 51, a small 5% dip from the previous week. Total attendance was 310,574, a 2%…

Hadestown and Tootsie joined Broadway’s million dollar club last week, each show posting box office totals above the $1M mark, even as Broadway overall slipped from the previous week’s spring-break bounce. Total box office for 36 productions was $34,151,624, about 11% lower than the previous week. Total attendance for…

Broadway’s upcoming revival of Terrence McNally's Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune starring Audra McDonald and Michael Shannon has a home and opening date: The production directed by Obie Award winner Arin Arbus will begin previews Saturday May 4 at the Broadhurst Theatre, with an opening night of Thursday May…

Audra McDonald and Michael Shannon will star in a Broadway revival this May of Terrence McNally's Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, producers announced today. The production will be directed by Obie Award winner Arin Arbus in her Broadway debut. The 16-week revival, described as a strictly limited engagement…